지리산 면양목장 조성에 관한 연구 : Ⅰ보. 면양목장 조성 및 면양사육 단지화 조성을 위한 기초조사 Ⅰ. Fundamental Survey of Resources for the Development of Sheep Range and Sheep Farm Grouping = Studies on the Development of Sheep Range in the Mt. Chiri

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This survey reports the availability of the various resources such as geography, meteology, traffic condition, soil property, labor resource, pasture distribution and water resource, for the development of sheep range and sheep-farm group, on the first step to the three-year plan in an area around the Forestry Experiment Station of Chinju Agricultural and Forestry Junior Teachnical College in Mt. Chiri.
1. The geographical conditions of the region found to be fit for the establishment of sheep range were as follows; longitude:127˚44'east,latitude:35˚22'north,elevation:600-900m above marine surface level, slope:5-25˚, total area: 280 ha, and administrative district: from high level flats to Yeo-gok and Dusuk village, Yupyung-ri, Samjang-myun, Sanchungkun, Kyung Sang Nam Do, Korea. Especially, eighty seven farm households and Karangip primary school distriduted around this region were found to be the reasonable resources for the development of sheep farm group in this region.
2. The soil of the area was composed of most of sand-loam with PH 5.3∼5.8, 2-5% of grit and 13.3% of humus (4.6-19.3%) among 30∼50㎝ depth of surface soil. These fertile soil properties were found to be fit for the development of pasture.
3. The meteological records of this region were found as follows: frosty period: from October 16 to April 22, yearly mean air temperature: 9.2℃ , ranging from 26.6℃ in August to (-)12 in January, annual rainfall: 2,346mm, yearly mean wind velocity: 6.2m/sec, direction of the wind: north-west in winter and south-east in summer. According to the above results from only one-year observation, the meteological conditions of this region were similar to those of Dae-Kwan Ryung area and were estimated to be favorable for sheep raising.
4. In this region 35 species of wild grasses were prosperous. The green yield of the grasses averaged 1,584㎏ per 10a and 0.87a was required for grazing a sheep. Therefore, it was estimated that about 3,000 heads of sheep would be well raised in this region. The fact that about 30 percent of Mt. Chiri area is available for sheep pasture suggested that 400,000㎏ of wool, or 250,000,000 won in price(equivalent to 1/10 of the total wool imported in 1967)could be gained from grazing about 100,000 heads of sheep in the whole area of Mt. Chiri, 54,000 ha.
5. Sufficient water resources, conclusive of mooring by the farmers around this region, irrigation water, underground water and especially the pond situated in high level flats were found to be available and the quality of water was satisfactory for watering sheep.
6. Concerning the traffic situation of this region, the construction of 1.5㎞ of road to Dusuk village (with 200m of bridge) and three 2㎞ range path from Dusuk village were required. However, such traffic problems are not serious because the sheep farming requires the road only for disposal of wool produced once a year.
7. From the managment survey for 87 farms around this area, it was found that each farm had 1,019.6 hours of unemployed labour per year, which was sufficient for raising 60 heads of sheep. So it could be estimated. that potential labour enough for raising 5,200 heads of sheep was reserved in this area. Moreover, the Karangip primary school boys are available as a good resource of labour for sheep grazing. The great deal of by-products of sericulture and potato-farming, which were the major industries in this region, was available for sheep raising.